[GMA award for "teaching students" 2011]

 Sandra Zeuner <sup>1,2

1</sup> Gesellschaft für Medizinische Ausbildung, Representative of the student body 2010/2011, Regensburg, Deutschland
² German Medical Students´ Association, bvmd, Bonn, Germany

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Announcement

After huge success last year [1] the Gesellschaft für Medizinische Ausbildung (GMA) will grant the GMA award for “teaching students” in 2011 for the second time. Background is the still increasing involvement of medical students in the improvement of the education of fellow students, for example in peer-teaching-courses, the development of teaching materials, curriculum planning and development as well as scientific research projects concerning medical education.

Aim

The GMA award for “teaching students” wants to support and honor this kind of student involvement. The award will be granted by the Executive Board of the GMA to outstanding achievements and projects in academic medical education.

Further information/application process

For further information about the award and the application process please see the homepage of the GMA at http://gesellschaft-medizinische-ausbildung.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=427&amp;Itemid=622&amp;lang=de.

Competing interests

The author declares that there are no competing interests.

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References

[1] Kampmeyer D, Huwendiek S, Hahn EG. Erstmals GMA-Preis für lehrende Studierende vergeben. GMS Z Med Ausbild. 2010;27(5):Doc65. DOI: 10.3205/zma000702